BIOC Informational

Windows Task Manager being disabled via Registry

Task manager may be disabled to tamper with the user experience and with the response to a malicious incident.

Module:
Platform Analytics
Agent event type:
Registry
Category:
Tampering
Status:
Enabled
ATT&CK tactics: Defense Evasion (TA0005)
ATT&CK techniques: Impair Defenses: Disable or Modify Tools (T1562.001)
Indicator:

Registry action type = all AND registry data = 1 AND registry key name = *\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System AND registry value name = DisableTaskMgr Host host os = windows

Preventable: yes